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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. If Walsh is confirmed by the Senate as Labor Secretary, he will look to take his labor- and community-oriented values to Washington. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Recap of Walsh’s mayoral legacy

Daniel Kool January 28, 2021
At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
BURKE: Real cost of Trump’s wall

BURKE: Real cost of Trump’s wall

Patrick Burke February 27, 2017

Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out illegal immigrants was a cornerstone of his campaign. Now that he has been elected, people are wondering how serious he really...

Rev. María Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa gives a gesture of hope and inclusion to the detainees at the Suffolk County House of Corrections Sunday. PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Activists advocate for the rights of detained immigrants

Paige Smith November 10, 2014

More than 40 people gathered outside the Suffolk County Correctional Facility Sunday in solidarity for immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement within the building’s walls. Over...

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